Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 10/10] bpftool: Show probed function in perf_event link info

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On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 4:41 AM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:16 AM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Enhance bpftool to display comprehensive information about exposed
> > perf_event links, covering uprobe, kprobe, tracepoint, and generic perf
> > event. The resulting output will include the following details:
> >
> > $ tools/bpf/bpftool/bpftool link show
> > 3: perf_event  prog 14
> >         event_type software  event_config cpu-clock
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids perf_event(1379330)
> > 4: perf_event  prog 14
> >         event_type hw-cache  event_config LLC-load-misses
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids perf_event(1379330)
> > 5: perf_event  prog 14
> >         event_type hardware  event_config cpu-cycles
>
> how about
>
> "event hardware:cpu-cycles" for events

Agree. That is better.

>
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids perf_event(1379330)
> > 6: perf_event  prog 20
> >         retprobe 0  file_name /home/yafang/bpf/uprobe/a.out  offset 0x1338
>
> for uprobes: "uprobe /home/yafang/bpf/uprobe/a.out+0x1338"
> for retprobes: "uretprobe /home/yafang/bpf/uprobe/a.out+0x1338"

Agree.

>
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids uprobe(1379706)
> > 7: perf_event  prog 21
> >         retprobe 1  file_name /home/yafang/bpf/uprobe/a.out  offset 0x1338
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids uprobe(1379706)
> > 8: perf_event  prog 27
> >         tp_name sched_switch
>
> "tracepoint  sched_switch" ?

Agree.

>
> >         bpf_cookie 0
> >         pids tracepoint(1381734)
> > 10: perf_event  prog 43
> >         retprobe 0  func_name kernel_clone  addr ffffffffad0a9660
>
> similar to uprobes:
>
> "kprobe kernel_clone  0xffffffffad0a9660"
> "kretprobe kernel_clone  0xffffffffad0a9660"
>
>
> That is, make this more human readable instead of mechanically
> translated from kernel info? retprobe 1/0 is quite cumbersome,
> "uprobe" vs "uretprobe" makes more sense?

Agree. Will do it.

>
> JSON is where it could be completely mechanically translated, IMO.

Agree.

-- 
Regards
Yafang





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